Im a Bioshock fanboy so I have to say Irrational. And I've played the half- life and portal games so dont criticize! What do you think?
Asked about 1 year ago in Polls & Opinion
Games: Bioshock (X360), Half-Life 2 (PC), Portal (PC), System Shock 2 (PC), BioShock 2 (PS3), Portal 2 (X360)
Tags: debate, valve, irrational
So you are asking who tells the story better, not who has a better story to tell?
If this is true its Valve. Regardless of how good a story is. Valve is the best at telling a story without removing the player too much into Cutscenes and journal entries.
When you make a game that is all about your experience in a world, like valve and irrational do, the moment control is taken from you, the momentum in the story is broken and you go from living the experience to watching it. It is the laziest way for a developer to hit plot points.
One of the reasons the gaming industry is still not taken as serious as the movie industry is because unlike movies where you just watch. In a game you interact, a game needs to be able to do that the whole way through. Valve is the closest to this in gaming.
Irrational did do good with taking a macro story like the events of rapture and a micro story like your characters actions and made a very understandable tale, for that they deserve credit.
Teppoudo
Level: Bronze
Irrational Games cuz i think Bioshock Infinite has a good story
JMora97
Level: Bronze
Probably Irrational games, but is that all the question is limited to?
If not, then Naughty Dog tells a mean story in their games.
ParanoidPenguin
Level: Bronze
Im a BioWare fanboy, so I will say BioWare even though its not an option. You can't go wrong with Mass Effect and Dragon Age and Jade Empire.
PoetMortal
Level: Bronze
valve.
xmengame82
Level: Bronze
